EASE OF DOING BUSINESS IN THE EU

The Worl Bank has just released its latest 'Doing Business Report' that ranks all economies of the world up to June 2013. For each economy the ranking is calculated as the simple average of the percentile rankings on each of the following topics: 1. Starting a business; 2. Dealing with construction permits; 3. Getting electricity; 4. Registering property; 5. Getting credit; 6. Protecting investors; 7. Paying taxes; 8. Trading across borders; 9. Enforcing contracts and 10. Resolving insolvency.

Here below is the ranking for EU countries. In parenthesis is the ranking of the EU member state among 189 countries surveyed.

Ease of Doing Business

1. Denmark (5)
2. United Kingdom (10)
3. Finland (12)
4. Sweden (14)
5. Ireland (15)
6. Lithuania (17)
7. Germany (21)
8. Estonia (22)
9. Latvia (24)
10. Netherlands (28)
11. Austria (30)
12. Portugal (31)
13. Slovenia (33)
14. Belgium (36)
15. France (38)
16. Cyprus (39)
17. Poland (45)
18. Slovakia (49)
19. Spain (52)
20. Hungary (54)
21. Bulgaria (58)
22. Luxembourg (60)
23. Italy (65)
24. Greece (72)
25. Romania (73)
26. Czech Republic (75)
27. Croatia (89)
28. Malta (103)